Ayers Entrepreneur Center in Parsons opens Thursday-Friday as warm workspace

Ayers Entrepreneur Center announced it would open Thursday and Friday as a warm place to work, saying, "No power or Wi‑Fi? We’ve got you covered." The center told visitors to "please enter through the café doors of the building," providing a temporary workspace for residents who lose home heat, power or internet access.

The center is at 52 West 8th Street in Parsons and lists regular hours on its Proximity app as Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with weekends closed. The Proximity page carries the tagline, "You may have to work, but you don't have to work alone," and includes photos and room descriptions that detail on-site capacity and equipment. The main conference room "seats 10 to 20 people with 10 rolling desks, two white boards, a large presentation screen you can hook your laptop to for presentations or it connects directly to the internet…," indicating a setup suitable for remote work, school assignments or small group needs.

Ayers also lists an Ayers Audio Visual Studio that is "available to monthly members and those with a dedicated desk or office," and asks users to "please reserve this space by the hour through the Proximity system." The studio listing notes that "Members have 4 hours per month included with their…" but the description is truncated and does not specify which membership tier includes the hours.

The announcement did not supply specific calendar dates for the Thursday and Friday openings, nor did it state whether the center would extend hours beyond its posted 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM schedule or whether Wi‑Fi and device charging would be fully available during outages. The Proximity page also shows template placeholders such as "##### {{title}}" and "#### {{error}}," suggesting some formatting issues in the online listing.

For Decatur County residents, the center's rooms provide immediate, concrete resources: an address in downtown Parsons, a conference room with workspace for 10-20 people and presentation equipment, and an on-site AV studio for members who reserve it. That capacity matters for parents, teleworkers and students who depend on power and internet access to meet work and school deadlines.

What comes next for readers is practical: if you need a warm place to work, enter through the café doors at 52 West 8th Street and confirm current hours and availability with Ayers Entrepreneur Center via its Proximity listing or social channels before you go, since the announcement omitted several operational details.